. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHN/176 
23 November 2009  
 (09-5829) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health (MOH) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Milk and dairy products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  National Standard of the People's Republic of China:  
Determination of Aflatoxin M 1 in Milk and Dairy Products  Language:  Chinese  Number 
of pages:  23 
6. Description of content:  This standard specifies the tes ting methods for determination of 
aflatoxin M 1 in milk and dairy products.   
In the standard, the first method app lies to determination of aflatoxin M 1 in milk and dairy 
products.  The second one applies to its determ ination in milk, milk powder as well as low-
fat milk, skim milk, low-fat milk powder and skimmed milk powder.  The third one applies 
to its determination in milk and milk powder.  The fourth one applies to its determination in 
milk and its products.  The fifth one applies to raw milk, pasteurised milk, UHT sterilised 
milk and milk powder. 
In the standard, the limit for the first method (in milk) is 0.01 μg/kg, in the second method 
the minimum detection limit of aflatoxin M 1 in milk powder is 0.08 μg/kg , in milk is 
0.008 μg/L, in the third method, the detective limit of aflatoxin M 1 in milk is 0.1 μg/L, in 
milk powder is 0.l μg/kg, in the fifth method, the detective limit is 0.5 μg/kg. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    G/SPS/N/CHN/176 
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  8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  1 January 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: